Bennett (name)
Bennett is an English language surname and, less commonly, a given name. Alternative spellings include Bennet, Benett and Benet.
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛnɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Anglo-Norman, Old French |
| Meaning | "blessed" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Benedict, Benoît, Bénet |
It is related to the medieval name Benedict, both ultimately from Latin Benedictus "blessed". Bennett is the English spelling of the Anglo-Norman name Ben[n]et (Modern French first name Benoît, surname Bénet[1]). The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham.[2]
People
Given name
People with the given name include:
- Bennett Carter (Benny Carter) (1907–2003), jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer
- Bennett Cerf (1898–1971), publisher and founder of American publishing firm Random House
- Bennett (Ben) Cohen (Ben Cohen), American businessman and cofounder of Ben & Jerry's
- Bennett Foddy (born 1978), game designer and philosopher
- Bennett Jackson (born 1991), American football player
- Bennett Malone (1944–2017), American politician
- Bennett Miller (born 1966), American film director
- Bennet Omalu (born 1968), Nigeria-born American pathologist
- Bennett Joseph Savage (born 1980), American actor
Surname
People with the surname include:
- Abram Bennett (1898–1985), American psychiatrist
- Adam Bennett Schiff (born 1960), American politician
- Adelaide George Bennett (1848–1911), American poet and botanist
- A. L. Bennett (1924–2008), American basketball player
- Alan Bennett (disambiguation)
- Alex Bennett (disambiguation)
- Alfred Bennett (disambiguation)
- April Steiner Bennett (born 1980), American pole vaulter
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), English novelist
- Anthony Bennett (disambiguation) (also Tony Bennett)
- Barry Bennett (1955–2019), American football player
- Beck Bennett (born 1984), American comedian and actor
- Belva Ann Bennett (1830–1917), American attorney, politician, educator, and author
- Ben Bennett (singer), Australian singer
- Bert Bennett (1889/1890–1968), English footballer
- Beverly Lynn Bennett (born 1967), American chef
- Bob Bennett (baseball) (born 1933), American college baseball coach
- Bob Bennett (politician) (1933–2016), US Senator from Utah
- Bobby Bennett (disambiguation)
- Brian Bennett (musician) (born 1940), English musician and drummer for UK rock group The Shadows
- Brooke Bennett (born 1980), American swimmer
- Bryan Bennett (born 1992), American football quarterback
- Bruce Bennett (born Harold Herman Brix; 1906–2007), American actor and Olympic silver medalist
- Carl Bennett (1915–2013), American basketball manager and coach
- Carol Bennett (born 1954), painter and glass artist
- Carolyn Bennett, PC MP (born 1950), Canadian physician and politician
- Carolyn Bennett (comedian) (born 1962), Canadian comedian
- Chance the Rapper (Chancellor Jonathan Bennett), American rapper
- Charles Bennett (fighter) (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
- Charles Henry Allan Bennett (1872–1923), member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- Charles Bennett (disambiguation)
- Charles L. Bennett (born 1956), American observational astrophysicist
- Christiana Bennett, American ballet dancer
- Chloe Bennet (born 1992), American singer and actress
- Chuck Bennett (1907–1973), American football player and coach
- Claire-Louise Bennett (fl. 2015), Irish writer
- Clay Bennett (businessman) (born 1959), American businessman
- Clay Bennett (cartoonist) (born 1958), American editorial cartoonist
- Cole Bennett (born 1996), American videographer and business executive
- Colin Bennett (disambiguation)
- Constance Bennett (1904–1965), American actress
- Cornelius Bennett (born 1965), American football player
- Crystal Bennett (1918–1987), British archaeologist
- D. M. Bennett (DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett, 1818–1882), Shaker and freethinker
- Darren Bennett (footballer) (born 1965), Australian football player
- David Bennett (American football) (born 1961), American football coach
- David Bennett (New Zealand politician) (David Allister Bennett, born 1970), New Zealand politician
- David Bennett Hill (1843–1910), American politician and 29th Governor of New York
- David Bennett McKinley (born 1947), American businessman and politician
- DeAnna Bennett (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
- Demi Bennett (born 1996), Australian professional wrestler better known as Rhea Ripley
- Dick Bennett (born 1943), American basketball coach
- Don Bennett (1910–1986), leader of the Pathfinder force, RAF, World War II
- Donald W. Bennett (born 1927), Retired Major General in the United States Air Force
- Drew Bennett (born 1978), American football player
- Dwight Henry Bennett (1917–2002)
- Edgar Bennett (born 1969), American football coach and running back
- Elmer Bennett (born 1970), American professional basketball player
- Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958), English academic
- Edward Turner Bennett (Francis Bennett; 1797–1836), zoologist
- Emerson Bennett (1822–1905), American author
- Eric Bennett, rugby league footballer
- Estelle Bennett (1941–2009), American singer and member of girl group The Ronettes
- Fleur Bennett, English actress
- Forrest Bennett, American politician
- Frank Bennett (disambiguation)
- Fred Bennett (footballer) (1906–1990), English footballer
- Gabriel Bennett (1817–1895), Australian auctioneer, founder of the stock and station agents Bennett & Fisher
- Gareth Bennett (disambiguation)
- Gary Bennett (disambiguation)
- George Bennett (disambiguation)
- Gloria Bennett (born 1962), American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician
- Gordon Bennett (disambiguation)
- Granville G. Bennett (1833–1910), American lawyer and politician
- H. H. Bennett (Henry Hamilton Bennett, 1843–1908), photographer of the Wisconsin Dells
- Haley Bennett (born 1988), American singer and actress
- Harry Bennett (1892–1979), Ford Motor Company executive
- Harry Bennett (1895–1990), author/editor of "The Chemical Formulary"
- Harve Bennett (1930–2015), American television and film producer
- Henry Bennett (American politician) (1808–1868), American politician and United States Representative from New York
- Lt. Henry Boswell Bennett (1809–1838), the first officer to die in the service of Queen Victoria
- Henry Stanley Bennett (1889–1972), English literary historian
- Holly Bennett, author of The Bonemender series
- Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881–1960), founder of the Soil Conservation Service
- Hywel Bennett (1944–2017), Welsh actor
- J. A. W. Bennett (Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, 1911–1981), scholar of Middle English literature
- James Bennett (disambiguation), also Jim Bennett
- James Bennett Stewart (born c. 1952), American lawyer, journalist, and author
- Jimmy Bennett (James Michael Bennett born 1996), American actor and musician
- Jeff Bennett (voice actor) (born 1962), American voice actor
- Jill Bennett (British actress) (1931–1990)
- Jill Bennett (American actress) (born 1975)
- Joan Bennett (1910–1990), American stage, film and television actress
- Joe Bennett (artist) (born 1968), Brazilian comic book artist
- John Bennett (disambiguation)
- John J. Bennett Jr. (1894–1967), American lawyer and politician
- John O. Bennett III (born 1948), New Jersey Republican politician
- Jonathan Bennett (disambiguation)
- Joseph Bennett (disambiguation)
- Josie Bennett (1903–1985), inductee ProRodeo Hall of Fame
- Justin Bennett (born 1973), studio and live performance session drummer and producer
- Karen Bennett (born 1989), British rower
- Keith Bennett (disambiguation), several people:
- Keith Bennett, victim of the Moors murders
- Keith Bennett (Canadian football) William Keith Bennett (1931–1995) with Calgary Stampeders
- Keith Bennett (basketball) (born 1961), American-Israeli basketball player
- Ken Bennett (born 1959), American politician
- Kyle Bennett (footballer) (born 1990), English football midfielder
- Laura Bennett (born 1963), American architect and fashion designer
- Lauren Bennett (born 1989), English female singer, dancer, and model, member of the girl group G.R.L.
- Lawrence E. Bennett (1923–2016), American politician
- Leo Bennett (1914–1971), British first-class cricketer
- Lerone Bennett Jr. (1928–2018), American journalist and writer
- Les Bennett (1918–1999) Footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United
- Lilian Bennett (1922–2013), British businesswoman
- Linda L. M. Bennett (born 1952), American administrator and political scientist
- Liz Bennett, American politician, the first openly LGBT woman in the Iowa House of Representatives
- Lorna Bennett (born 1977), actor
- Louis Bennett (disambiguation)
- Louise Bennett-Coverley, or Miss Lou, (1919–2006), Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator
- Lyman Bennett (1801–1877), garment manufacturer
- Lynda Bennett (born 1954), New Zealand lawn bowler
- Manu Bennett (born 1969), Australian actor
- Maria Kanellis-Bennett (Mary Louis Kanellis-Bennett, born 1982), American professional wrestling player and manager, actress, model, and singer
- Mark Bennett (disambiguation)
- Mark J. Bennett (Mark Jeremy Bennett, born 1953), United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Marshall Bennett (1915–2018), American real estate developer
- Martyn Bennett (1971–2005), Canadian-Scottish musician who was influential in the evolution of modern Celtic fusion
- Martellus Demond Bennett (born 1987), American football tight end and children's author
- Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
- Matthew Bennett (disambiguation)
- Max Bennett (actor) (born 1984), English actor
- Max Bennett (ice hockey) (1912–1972), an ice hockey player who played one game in the National Hockey League
- Max Bennett (musician) (born 1928), a bassist who has worked with Joni Mitchell and others
- Max Bennett (scientist) (born 1939), Australian neuroscientist
- Mike Bennett (wrestler) (born 1985), American professional wrestler
- Michael Bennett (running back) (born 1978), American football running back in the National Football League
- Michael Bennett (theater) (1943–1987), American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer
- Michael Bennett (defensive lineman, born 1985) (born 1985), American football defensive
- Michèle Bennett (born 1950), wife of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Milton Bennett, American sociologist
- Naftali Bennett (born 1972), Israeli politician and entrepreneur, leader of the Jewish Home party (2012–2018)
- Natalie Bennett (born 1966), politician, Leader of the Greens Party England and Wales
- Nathan Bennett (born 1984), Australian Rugby League player
- Nicholas Bennett (born 1949), British politician
- Nicholas Bennett (historian) (1823–1899), Welsh historian
- Nigel Bennett (born 1949), English actor
- Nigel Harvie Bennett (born 1912), English cricketer
- Owen Bennett (born 1985), British journalist
- Paul Bennett (disambiguation)
- Paul Stuart-Bennett, British lightweight rower
- Paula Bennett (born 1969), New Zealand politician
- Paris Bennett (born 1988), American singer
- Pauline Bennett (born 1964), British DJ, dance teacher, and rapper, known by the stage name of Jazzi P
- Peggy Bennett (born 1958), member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- Percy Bennett (1869–1936), Wales rugby union player
- Pete Bennett (born 1982), winner of series 7 of Big Brother UK
- Phillip R. Bennett (born 1948), CEO of Refco
- R. B. Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, 1870–1947), Prime Minister of Canada
- Rainey Bennett (1907–1998), American artist and illustrator
- Ralph Bennett (1923–2015), English transport administrator
- Richard A. Bennett (born 1963), American politician
- Richard Bennett (governor) (1608–1675), colonial governor of Virginia
- Richard Bennett (guitarist) (born 1951), American guitarist and record producer
- Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), English composer
- Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American composer
- Rodney D. Bennett (born 1966), American university president
- Roger Bennett (disambiguation)
- Roy Bennett (disambiguation)
- Ryan Bennett (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer
- Samm Bennett, American musician
- Sacha Bennett (born 1971), English film director, writer, producer
- Sandy Bennett (Sandra Kaye Bennett born 1972), also known as Sandy Hitchcock, New Zealand field hockey player
- Sara Bennett, British visual effects artist
- Stella Bennett or Benee (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Steve Bennett, British journalist and founder of the comedy website Chortle
- Stu Bennett (born 1980), English wrestler, known as Wade Barrett
- Susan Bennett (born 1949), American voice artist, the voice of Apple's "Siri"
- Syd Bennett (born 1992), American singer-songwriter, record producer, DJ, and audio engineer
- Taco Bennett, member of the pop group Odd Future
- Taylor Bennett (rapper) (born 1996), American rapper
- Ted Bennett (born 1940), American politician
- Thomas Bennett, Jr. (1781–1865), Governor of South Carolina
- Thomas Jewell Bennett (1852–1925) British journalist and politician, editor and proprietor of The Times of India
- Thomas M. Bennett (born 1956), American Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Thomas Westropp Bennett (1867–1962), Irish politician, magistrate and public figure in Irish agriculture
- Todd Bennett (1962–2013), English sprinter
- Tony Bennett (born 1926), American singer
- Tony Bennett (basketball) (born 1969), American basketball player and coach
- Tony Bennett (American football) (Tony Lydell "Alligator" Bennett, born 1967), American professional football linebacker
- Tracie Bennett (born 1961), English stage and television actress
- Veronica Yvette Bennett (born 1943), American singer
- Vincent Bennett (born 1982), singer of The Acacia Strain
- W. A. C. Bennett (1900–1979), Premier of British Columbia, Canada
- Wayne Bennett (disambiguation)
- Weymann Bennett, secretary of the British group Unite Against Fascism
- Wilda Bennett (1894–1967), American actress
- William Bennett (disambiguation)
- W. A. C. Bennett (William Andrew Cecil Bennett, 1900–1979), Canadian politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia
- Bill Bennett (William Richards Bennett 1932–2015), 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia (1975–1986)
- William Bennett Campbell, PC (1943–2008), Canadian politician and the 24th premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
- William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator
Fictional characters
- Annie Bennett-Warbucks, protagonist and title character from the Annie musical and film adaptations
- Bonnie Sheila Bennett (of the family line of Bennett witches), a character in The Vampire Diaries
- Capt. Bennett, a character portrayed by Vernon Wells in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Commando (1985)
- Cybil Bennett, a character in the Silent Hill series
- Dexter Bennett, a character of the fictional New York City tabloid newspaper Daily Bugle
- Emily Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- Emily Bennett, a character in the American Girl series of dolls and books
- John Bennett, a character in Orange Is the New Black
- Sheila Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
- The Bennet family, a family of characters in Pride and Prejudice
- Bennett, character in Genshin Impact
References
- Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et augmentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 36b.
- "Surname: Bennett". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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